PASCAL Platinum 5th Edition

Physical EducationHealth Benefits of ExerciseExercise can be an important tool for managing everything from stress and depressionto healing injuries, preventing chronic health conditions, promoting weightloss and better sleep. Anyone can take advantage of these benefits regardless ofage, sex or physical ability.Benefits1. Exercise improves your mood.Physical activity makes you feel happier and more relaxed than you were beforeyou worked out. It also makes you look better and feel better, which can boostyour confidence and improve your self-esteem. Regular physical activity can evenhelp prevent depression.2. Exercise prevents chronic diseases.Regular physical activity can help you prevent or manage high blood pressure. The cholesterol level is benefited too,decreasing triglycerides. This keeps blood flowing smoothly by lowering the buildup of plaques in your arteries. PhysicalActivity can also help prevent diabetes, osteoporosis and certain types of cancer.3. Exercise helps people managing their weight.When you engage in physical activity, you burn calories. The more intense the activity, the morecalories you burn and the easier it is to keep your weight under control. Therefore physical activityhelps to maintain a healthy weight in combination with a balanced diet.4. Exercise promotes better sleep.A good night's sleep can improve your concentration, productivity and mood. Physical activity issometimes the key to better sleep. Regular physical activity can help you fall asleep faster anddeepen your sleep.Christina Sialouna, 5ASwimmingThe sport of swimming involves competition among participants to be the fastest over a given distance under selfpropulsion. The different events include breaststroke, backstroke , butterfly, freestyle and individual medley. Swimminghas been part of the modern Olympic Games since inception in 1896. It is a very effective physical activity thatrefreshes the body and the mind.It helps to burn calories and lose weight. Swimming presents countless health benefits to those who exercise it. Youcan lose a lot of weight in swimming and helps to burn those extra calories easily. It burns calories at a rate of 3 caloriesper mile per pound of your body weight. In just one hour you can burn nearly 1000 calories by swimming if youswim real fast! It is an exercise that is not boring and is an interesting activity. If swimming is your passion and it issomething at which you excel, if you may ever wish to become an Olympic swimmer like Michael Phelps, this dream ispossible, though it does require a lot of work and you have to start at a young age..Adam Zavallis, 4A34PASCAL Platinum5th Edition